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Penile cancer mortality is strongly related to age, with the highest mortality rates being in older men. In the UK in 2014-2016, on average each year almost half (48%) of deaths were in males aged 75 and over.[1-3] This largely reflects higher incidence and lower survival for penile cancer in older people.

Age-specific mortality rates rise steadily from around age 45-49 and more steeply from around age 70-74. The highest rates are in the 90+ age group.

Penile Cancer (C60), Average Number of Deaths per Year and Age-Specific Mortality Rates per 100,000 Male Population, UK, 2014-2016

Penile cancer mortality rates have remained stable overall in most broad adult age groups in males in the UK since the early 1970s, but have decreased in some.[1-3] Rates in 25-49s have remained stable, in 50-59s have remained stable, in 60-69s have remained stable, in 70-79s have remained stable, and in 80+s have decreased by 45%.

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There is evidence for a strong association between penile cancer mortality and deprivation in England.[1] England-wide data for 2007-2011 show European age-standardised mortality rates are 138% higher for males living in the most deprived areas compared with the least deprived.[1]

The estimated deprivation gradient in penile cancer mortality between males living in the most and least deprived areas in England has not changed in the period 2002-2011.[1] It has been estimated that there would have been around 30 fewer cancer deaths each year in England during 2007-2011 if all males experienced the same mortality rates as the least deprived.[1]

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Data is for: UK, 2007-2011, ICD-10 C60

Deprivation gradient statistics were calculated using mortality data for 2007-2011. The deprivation quintiles were calculated using the Income domain scores from the Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) from the following years: 2004, 2007 and 2010. Full details on the data and methodology can be found in the Cancer by Deprivation in England NCIN report.

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